2006 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2006 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 17th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait from May 31 to June 8, 2006.

2006 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

17th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	31 May–8 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Jordan (1st title)
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Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had one place, and the hosts (Kuwait) and Asian champion (Qatar) were automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

East Asia (1)	Gulf (1+1+1)	Middle Asia (1)	Southeast Asia (1)	West Asia (1+3)
TBD *	Al-Qadsia	Young Cagers	TBD *	Saba Battery Tehran
	Al-Rayyan			Sagesse
	Al-Ittihad			Al-Jalaa Aleppo
				Fastlink

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	3	3	0	255	227	+28	6
Al-Rayyan	3	2	1	236	212	+24	5
Saba Battery Tehran	3	1	2	250	243	+7	4
Sagesse	3	0	3	197	256	−59	3

May 31 15:30

Sagesse	58–78	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 6–21, 17–19, 19–15

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 31 17:30

Al-Rayyan	78–61	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 26–12, 18–15, 19–14

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 1 15:30

Sagesse	64–75	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 13–17, 13–16, 27–20

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 1 17:30

Al-Ittihad	90–86 (OT)	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 22–15, 20–22, 17–22, Overtime: 10–6

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 2 15:30

Sagesse	75–103	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 20–23, 20–35, 22–28

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 2 17:30

Al-Rayyan	83–87	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 29–27, 15–24, 22–21, 17–15

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fastlink	3	3	0	271	212	+59	6
Al-Jalaa Aleppo	3	2	1	241	249	−8	5
Al-Qadsia	3	1	2	242	232	+10	4
Young Cagers	3	0	3	237	298	−61	3

May 31 19:30

Al-Qadsia	74–82	Al-Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 26–28, 14–20, 18–14

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 31 21:30

Fastlink	104–79	Young Cagers
Scoring by quarter: 34–20, 19–24, 22–14, 29–21

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 1 19:30

Al-Qadsia	107–79	Young Cagers
Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 37–17, 23–20, 16–27

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 1 21:30

Fastlink	96–72	Al-Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 19–24, 25–17, 23–11

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 2 19:30

Al-Qadsia	61–71	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 10–12, 17–27, 17–19

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 2 21:30

Al-Jalaa	87–79	Young Cagers
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 22–21, 22–21, 25–21

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	June 4
	Al-Rayyan	68
					June 6
	Al-Qadsia	65
					Al-Rayyan	103
	June 4
					Fastlink	108
	Fastlink	91
									June 8
	Sagesse	78
									Fastlink	94
	June 4
									Al-Jalaa	69
	Al-Jalaa	87
					June 6
	Saba Battery	68
					Al-Jalaa	86
	June 4
					Al-Ittihad	83			3rd place
	Young Cagers	79
									June 8
	Al-Ittihad	107
									Al-Rayyan	102
									Al-Ittihad	64

	Semifinals				5th place
	June 6
	Al-Qadsia	66
					June 8
	Sagesse	63
					Al-Qadsia	80
	June 6
					Saba Battery	96
	Saba Battery	118
	Young Cagers	91
					7th place
					June 7
					Sagesse	111
					Young Cagers	71

Quarterfinals

June 4 15:30

Fastlink	91–78	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 24–21, 27–24, 16–14

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 4 17:30

Young Cagers	79–107	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 15–31, 9–22, 31–26

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 4 19:30

Al-Rayyan	68–65	Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–9, 17–22, 14–23

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 4 21:30

Al-Jalaa	87–68	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 18–17, 27–13, 30–19

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Semifinals 5th–8th

June 6 15:30

Young Cagers

91–118

Saba Battery

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 6 17:30

Al-Qadsia

66–63

Sagesse

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Semifinals

June 6 19:30

Al-Jalaa	86–83	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 24–21, 19–24, 15–17

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

June 6 21:30

Al-Rayyan	103–108	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 32–20, 13–22, 30–28, 28–38

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

7th place

June 7 15:30

Young Cagers	71–111	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 22–21, 11–31, 22–33

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

5th place

June 8 15:30

Al-Qadsia	80–96	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 19–27, 17–18, 23–26

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

3rd place

June 8 17:30

Al-Rayyan	102–64	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 28–19, 30–14, 19–19

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final

June 8 19:30

Fastlink	94–69	Al-Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 23–19, 27–12, 22–19
Pts: Cantrell 21		Pts: Custis 21

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Fastlink	6–0
	Al-Jalaa Aleppo	4–2
	Al-Rayyan	4–2
4	Al-Ittihad	4–2
5	Saba Battery Tehran	3–3
6	Al-Qadsia	2–4
7	Sagesse	1–5
8	Young Cagers	0–6

External links

• Official website
• Fibaasia.net